When The Dead Awaken

When The Dead Awaken

67 mins | Comedy | Dec. 25, 1926

The movie takes place in one of the Russian provincial cities during the Civil War. A local priest, together with the ex-estate manager buries count's treasures and disguises it as his nephew's funeral. And when his nephew Nikeshka Vonmiglasov, a former Wrangelian, suddenly appears, he understands that he can profit on his magical "resurrection".

When The Dead Awaken

67 mins | Comedy | Dec. 25, 1926

When The Dead Awaken
The movie takes place in one of the Russian provincial cities during the Civil War. A local priest, together with the ex-estate manager buries count's treasures and disguises it as his nephew's funeral. And when his nephew Nikeshka Vonmiglasov, a former Wrangelian, suddenly appears, he understands that he can profit on his magical "resurrection".
Producers Gosvoenkino
Original title Когда пробуждаются мертвые
Directors Aleksey Dmitriev
Writers Aleksey Dmitriev

Cast

Igor Ilyinsky

as Nikeshka Vonmiglasov

Pyotr Repnin

as telegraph operator Ardalion Medalionov

Nikolai Vashkevich

as priest Matvey

Antonin Pankryshev

as deacon

I. Vysotsky

as feldsher Menzurkin